Fidel Castro Quotes
If we wish to express what we want the men of future generations to be, we must say: Let them be like Che! If we wish to say how we want our children to be educated, we must say without hesitation: We want them to be educated in Che’s spirit! If we want the model of a man, who does not belong to our times but to the future, I say from the depths of my heart that such a model, without a single stain on his conduct, without a single stain on his action, is Che!
Castro, Fidel. Memorial Speech for Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, 18 Oct. 1967.
Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his own elected political career. While Blaine did not win the nomination, this quotation is generally considered to be the greatest nominating statement in American political history. Blaine was dogged by his early career, close relationship with the corrupt railroad industry.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz better known internationally as Fidel Castro, was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.